War and Remembrance
• October 30, 2018 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1920s, 1930s, American war propaganda, Austria, displays, donations, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, Great Britain, Great Depression, Harald Engman, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazism, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian Education Department, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: A. G. Santagata, Anzac Memorial, Art Deco, bas relief, Bonus Expeditionary Force, C. R. W. Nevinson, Combat Hippies, Dialogues on the Experience of War, Egeo Venturi, FIU, Florida State University Institute for World War II and the Human Experience, George Grosz (1893-1959), Irving Marantz, Jean Carlu, Jessica L. Adler, Kathe Ko, Kathe Kollwitz, La Dette (the debt), lobbying, Miami Vet Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), murals, NAH, National Endowment for the Humanities, Otto Beyer, Paintings, Periodicals, portfolios, PTSD, recruiting posters, sculpture, Shell-shock, Soldiers, trenches, veterans, Vorticism, war, War and Healing, war artists, War memorials, war monuments, War photography, Wit as Weapon: Satire and the Great War (Wolfsonian library installation), World War I, Zoe Welch
Happy Alaska Day!
• October 18, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in Artists, book art, children's books, colonialism, FAP, FDR, Federal One, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Philippines, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "pay streak attractions", Alaska, Alaska Art Project, Alaska drawings (booklet), Alaska Territory, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle Washington), Carl R. Saxild, Eskimos, Federal Art Projects, Forestry building, Glaciers, gold rush, gold strikes, human zoos, Igorrotes, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, international expositions, Inuit, Jerome Roth, Midways, Paintings, polar bears, postcards, President Andrew Johnson, prospectors, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Russia, Seattle (Washington), Secretary of State William Henry Steward, totem poles, totems, U.S. Court House (Anchorage), Wilderness (1920), Works Progress Administration
THE OLD KING COLE AND OTHER “LOST” MIAMI BEACH HOTELS: SOME WOLFSONIAN HIGHLIGHTS
• January 21, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1920s, Architects, archives, Art Deco (architecture), Art Deco Historic District, Art Deco Weekend (2015), Art Moderne architecture, Barbara Baer Capitman (1920-1990), Beaux-Arts architecture, Brochures, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carolyn Klepser, cottages, dining rooms, Flamingo Hotel, golf courses, heraldic decoration, hotel lobbies, Howard Hilder, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), King Cole Hotel, Lake Surprise (Miami Beach), lectures, Lincoln Hotel, Lost Miami Beach (book), Medievalism, Mediterranean-style architecture, Miami Design Preservation League, military hospitals, Nautilus Hotel, Old King Cole (legend), Paintings, photograph albums, polo fields, Schultze & Weaver (architects), Spanish-influenced architecture, winter resorts
A VERY WOLFSONIAN WORLD’S FAIR
• April 16, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, American architects, architects, architecture, bindings, collectors, displays, donations, exhibitions, FIU, FIU School of Architecture, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, George B. Post (firm), gifts, library donors, memorabilia, Midways, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Norman Bel Geddes, postcards, posters, promotional materials, student curators, Student exhibit, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), accordion-style book bindings, Amparo Baquerizas, Anika Batista, Anthony Quintana, Art, Chris Ingalls, Clara Palacio-de Luca, Danilo A. Mantilla, Exhibition buildings, Expositions, FIU School of Architecture Professor Elysse Newman, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurama, George B. Post (architectural firm), Inez Barlatier, International exhibitions, Jessica Martin, Katie Acosta, Lea Nickless, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Miami Dade College, miniature books, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Sudy Centre, New World School of the Arts Gallery, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York World’s Fair (1939), Nicolae Harsanyi, Paintings, pavilions, Perisphere, President George Washington, Rebecca Flor, student-curated exhibits, Tony Sarg (1880-1942), Trylon, Veronika Lugo, World of Tomorrow, World's Columbian Exposition, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY GRAPHIC DESIGN PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS COME TO THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU TO SEE VIENNESE SECESSION AND OTHER MATERIALS
• March 1, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Artists, book art, collectors, decorative arts, displays, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, erotic art, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, graphic arts, graphic designers, museums, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vienna, Vienna Secession, Vintage postcards, Virtual library displays, Wiener Werkstatte, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Aesthetic movements, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts movement, Austrian Imperial Printing House, Carl Otto Czeschka (8178-1960), Evelyn Rumsey Cary (1855-1924), FAU Professor Lina Weiss, Florida Atlantic University, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Jugenstil, Kelmscott Press (England), Koloman Moser (1868-1918), Leonard A. Lauder, Mother Nature images, museum visitors, Nieuwe Kunst, Paintings, Postcard collectors, Rudolf von Larish (1856-1934), Stile Floreale, Suffragists, Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring) magazine, Vienna Secession, Woman's Suffrage Movement
Wolfsonian-FIU Library 